Sweet Catastrophe

I got up really late today, but I still made it to Douglas. I stopped and picked up some Little Caesar’s, which all got eaten–I’m a good granddaughter. Mom and Roger came back in with Jesalyn. They had taken her with them so Joshua could get a nap.

We exchanged gifts. They got me some really pretty earrings…they’re yellow gold and pink gold….I don’t exactly wear gold, I’m not totally sure how she forgot that, but that’s fine! They gave me some money too and Roger’s letting me borrow the Garmin for the trip so I won’t get lost on the drive home by myself. Now I know I won’t run into any “Tennessee land for sale” signs. I won’t be so wary of stopping for food on the way back either.

Mom really, really liked the Wallflowers I got her. Roger thought I spent way too much on the knives I got him, but they were totally taking them off the shelves at Lowe’s so I got something like a 90% discount on them

Rocky Joe and Jessica got me one of those gift sets with stuff for s’mores, hot chocolate, and two snowman mugs. I think it’s probably the best Christmas present my brother has ever gotten me!

I finally headed over to Granny Lott’s. She’s lost weight, but she really didn’t look that bad. I think she’s handling it all pretty damn well. She’s really matter-of-fact about how everything is going. She said that really, the mornings are the hard part. Morning is when she really kicked off her routine and now she doesn’t really know what to do. She said she generally sits in the living room and has a little cry, then makes breakfast and gets on with her day. She’s so logical about it all. She knows she’ll eventually figure out what to do with her time and it’ll be easier.

I got Daddy the same knife set as well and I could tell he really liked it. Haha, actually, I remember thinking he looked like a little kid, itching to open them up but um, he kind of needed a knife to do it! lol

He gave me a gift card for Wal Mart to help pay for gas on the trip, or anything else. He finally got it right! I <3 gift cards!

Alright, I’m off to work on straightening up the apartment before we leave. I finally eased into that habit of my mom’s. She always hated to leave a messy house ’cause it meant she’d come home to one. I feel that. After my 8 hour drive, the last thing I want is to walk into a messy apartment. I’m sure Willow will already be setting up a few messes for me.